activePDF Toolkit 2011 API Reference
Val_GetStreamChars
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Description: Returns the data found between the stream and endstream keywords for an object attributes value known to have a stream.
Syntax: "retValue" = object.Val_GetStreamChars (AttrVariant)
Arguments: Argument Value Type Description & Settings
object N/A Set to an instance of the Explorer object.
AttrVariant Integer An encoded value representing the input object's attributes as returned by the Dict_GetAttrVal, Dict_GetValue, Obj_AttrVal, Val_GetFirstElem, or Val_GetNextElem method known to have a Stream value as verified by the Val_HasStream method.
retValue: Value Type Description & Settings
String The data found between the stream and endstream keywords for the object attributes value. The method returns an empty string ("") for a zero length stream or if the AttrVariant is invalid.